But I suspect we might never find out (we don't in Big Sky). I wonder whether Tracy will ever wake up, admit it to herself, and stop hiding from it. So somebody out there is looking for her.

At the very end Brodie remembers the birthmark but doesn't realize why that's floating around in his brain, even though he recalls seeing it recently - there's no mention of him seeing it on Courtney's arm, but I suspect he might have, subconsciously. Gaslight still flickering on some streets.

We know Courtney has such a birthmark because when Tracy gives her a bath she sees it and ponders whether it would be easy to remove. Book Reviewed by: BJ Nathan Hegedus Buy This Book About this Book Summary Excerpt Reading Guide STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG By Kate Atkinson 1975: April 9 Leeds: 'Motorway City of the Seventies.' A proud slogan. But remember Brodie's South African buddy Mitch? The one who started an agency for finding missing children after his own son was abducted? At some point (before he meets Tracy & Courtney on the road) Brodie recalls paging through Mitch's dossier of missing children and there's a child with a birthmark in the shape of Africa on a forearm. In 'Started Early, Took My Dog,' the child is three or four-year-old Courtney, parentage and last name unknown, the little girl recently procured from Kelly Cross, prostitute, druggie and 'all-round pikey,' by retired police detective Tracy Waterhouse, who on a whim decides to spend 3,000 she had saved up for a kitchen remodel to purchase the kid. But remember Brodie's South African buddy Mitch? The one who started an agency for finding missing children after his own son was ab …more We're never told.

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